Accountant

BBC Studios; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned media company in Cardiff seeks a Financial Reporting Manager to lead reporting for the Studios Production Group. Responsibilities include monthly reporting, driving process improvements, and ensuring compliance. Essential skills include a professional accounting qualification, strong Excel proficiency, and excellent communication abilities. The role offers a hybrid work model and competitive salary up to £52,000 depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Professional accounting qualification or relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel with advanced function capability.
• Good experience in delivering high-quality accounting and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Monthly reporting on Actuals and variance analysis.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in financial processes.
• Support controls and compliance for financial methodologies.

Skills

Communication Skills

Microsoft Excel

Accounting and Reporting

Education

Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Tools

SAP

AFO

Job description

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: Studios Production Central Finance

LOCATION: Cardiff – Hybrid

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: up to £52,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS

A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world’s most sought-after TV, audio and digital content.

Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

This role leads financial reporting for the Studios Production Group, ensuring accurate actuals, budgets, and forecasts. You’ll manage key schedules, drive process improvements, and support compliance initiatives. Working closely with finance teams and stakeholders, you’ll enhance reporting quality, streamline workflows, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

The SP Central Finance Team is at the core of accounting for the Studios Production Group, covering Studios Production Limited and a range of SPV companies. We’re a high-performing, collaborative team that takes pride in delivering accurate, high-quality work to tight deadlines.

We operate a flexible hybrid model, splitting our time between our Cardiff office at Central Square and working from home. Our team culture is supportive, inclusive, and genuinely social; with regular lunches, team events, and a strong sense of camaraderie both in and out of the office.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Accounting & Reporting: Monthly reporting on Actuals undertaking variance analysis and providing meaningful commentary to various stakeholders. Significant involvement in both the Quarterly Forecasting and Annual Budgeting processes.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive a CI culture across the wider Productions Finance Team and identify initiatives to simplify and enhance processes and services. Helping to support the roll out of new offline forecasting tools.
• Controls and Compliance: Working closely with the team and helping to improve efficiency and controls of financial processes, methodologies and environments. Support with the roll out of new processes for ICFR.
  
  

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Professional accounting qualification: e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or qualified by experience.
• Communication Skills: Ability to liaise effectively with the Embedded Finance Team and wider Stakeholders.
• Software Proficiency: Competence in financial software such as SAP and AFO.
• Microsoft Excel – Strong knowledge in the use of Microsoft Excel with the ability to efficiently manage data, perform advanced functions (e.g., SUMIFs, pivot tables, formulas), and support financial analysis and reporting tasks.
• Accounting and Reporting: Good experience of delivering a high-quality accounting and reporting service.
  
  

Time Management: Ability meet deadlines and support the team during busy periods.

Desired But Not Required

• Commercial - Has experience of working for a commercial company.
  
  

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.

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Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.